I’ve long been a Leibovitz fan. Not just for her celebrity portrait photography but also for the way she used that celebrity photography to form the cult of celebrity upon herself, in much the same manner in which Robert Mapplethorpe did. Interestingly, it has been suggested Mapplethorpe referred to Leibovitz as the most difficult subject […] Read more >

I see Netflix have picked up the streaming rights for the Jake Gyllenhaal / Jamie Lee Curtis produced documentary ‘Hondros’ covering the career of late famed war photographer, Chris Hondros. From my point of view and as a Netflix subscriber this is great move – Netflix’s audience is massive and worldwide and their reach cannot […] Read more >

Now we all know some people just do promotion well! What a neat way to deliver images files to a client right (click the link to see one example… ). I appreciate there are flash-card promotional gimmicks available everywhere on the internet these days but have you ever really done anything about it yourself? Have […] Read more >

Some of you may know already I’ve long been a fan of iconic provocateur photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe, who rise to fame and infamy developed from the very early 1970s and through to his death from AIDS in 1989. His huge range of photographic work and well publicised lifestyle are at least very confronting and something […] Read more >

Sublime! What more needs to be said really. This link takes you witness the best photographs of 2016 as determined by National Geographic magazine, no less. Enjoy! Here is a gallery of National Geographic’s 52 best images of the year—curated from 91 photographers, 107 stories, and 2,290,225 photographs. Source: Best Photographs of 2016 Read more >

Using Adobe Lightroom for your photography work flow?? I do and love it too. Having used Lightroom since the day it was first released in 2007 (hard to believe it’s 10 years on now!), I am continuously impressed and amazed with Adobe’s each new release and update. In particular, I’m always after new tips on […] Read more >

  After some local photographic inspiration? Why not look at the website of a well-known photographer to fire up your own creative juices. Try setting yourself up a landscape project – even if it’s a simple an exercise as grabbing your iPhone or S8 and setting the camera app to ‘Pano’ – just have a […] Read more >

Getting the absolute ‘lowdown’ on your chosen topic as a documentary photographer is critical. Essentially, you need to be on the inside, or as close as you can be, to the subject-matter you wish to present visually as your project. F-Stoppers provide an outline of just one documentary photography example. The legally enforced and pending […] Read more >